The Noisebridge Orchestra is a free and open ensemble of handmade, hand-wired, and hand-coded instruments. Anyone in the Noisebridge community (which means, everyone on planet Earth) can be a member of the orchestra.

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The Noise Orchestra is an open ensemble of handmade, hand-wired, and hand-coded instruments. Anyone on planet Earth can be a member of the orchestra. No music experience required.

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Music performed by the Orchestra gives meaning and shape to Noise. Noise is a bridge to enlightenment: a Noisebridge.

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===PHILOSOPHY===

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The Noise Jam is a participatory ritual. A way for the community to come together, away from the dramas, the mailing lists, the meetings, the talk. A way to bring together disparate, solo hacks into a unified collaboration.

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We give shape and meaning to chaos. We transform noise into something which is not chaos. Noise as a path to creativity. A bridge. A noise bridge.

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Some ask for a moment of silence; I ask for a moment of noise.

===VOLUNTEERS NEEDED===

===VOLUNTEERS NEEDED===

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To: help to set up chairs, work with the PA, Recordist, Welcomer, Snack Wrangler, Videographer, Photographer. Contact johnyradio@gmail.com.

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To help to set up chairs, work with the PA, Recordist, Videographer, Photographer. Contact johnyradio@gmail.com.

===SCORE===

===SCORE===

This performance is a conceptual piece. There is no notated sheet-music, only descriptive instructions. The composer will conduct the performance.

This performance is a conceptual piece. There is no notated sheet-music, only descriptive instructions. The composer will conduct the performance.

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'''Movements'''

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'''Requirements:'''

'''Requirements:'''

* You must build or program your own instrument.

* You must build or program your own instrument.

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* If not acoustic, be self-amplified (I do have some amps to lend).

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* Be able to play very quietly, and very loud.

* No unaltered, pre-recorded music.

* No unaltered, pre-recorded music.

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===PLAYER SCHEDULE===

===PLAYER SCHEDULE===

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*Setup: Sunday, 4 pm

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* Instrument Setup: 1pm

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* Rehearsal: Sunday, 5 pm

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* Rehearsal: 2pm

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* Stage setup: 8pm

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* Musicians report to stage: 8:30pm

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* Performance: 9pm

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If you want to perform in the Noise Jam on Sunday, contact johnyradio@gmail.com ASAP.

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If you want to perform in this Noise Jam, contact johnyradio@gmail.com ASAP.

===MAILING LIST===

===MAILING LIST===

Join the Sound-Hacks mailing list, for music hacking discussion and announcements:

Join the Sound-Hacks mailing list, for music hacking discussion and announcements:

* Raw Hi-Def Video. Unedited, but organized by activity (circuit making with Johny Radio, circuit bending with Martin, skatchbox building with Tom Nunn, Ari's coding session, and Moldover's midi session). The files can be downloaded and used by anyone for anything. You'll get faster download speed inside Noisebridge.

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http://pony.noisebridge.net/~johnyradio/Noise%20Hack%20June%202013/

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* Mexican Noise: Unplanned Noise Battle between a live mariachi guitarist and Mexican pop radio, witnessed at a local taqueria the same weekend as the Noise Jam.

PERFORMANCE INFO

THE ORCHESTRA

The Noise Orchestra is an open ensemble of handmade, hand-wired, and hand-coded instruments. Anyone on planet Earth can be a member of the orchestra. No music experience required.

PHILOSOPHY

The Noise Jam is a participatory ritual. A way for the community to come together, away from the dramas, the mailing lists, the meetings, the talk. A way to bring together disparate, solo hacks into a unified collaboration.

We give shape and meaning to chaos. We transform noise into something which is not chaos. Noise as a path to creativity. A bridge. A noise bridge.

Some ask for a moment of silence; I ask for a moment of noise.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

To help to set up chairs, work with the PA, Recordist, Videographer, Photographer. Contact johnyradio@gmail.com.

SCORE

This performance is a conceptual piece. There is no notated sheet-music, only descriptive instructions. The composer will conduct the performance.

Movements

Bedlam: During this movement, all instruments are encouraged to play loudly and raucously. Players should play with no regard for the other instruments, and should step on each other's sounds with gusto. Wake the audience up! 5 min.

Whisper: This movement will begin with the quietest instruments in the Orchestra. Throughout the movement, players are asked to play as quietly as possible, and to listen carefully to the other instruments. Lull the audience into a dreamlike state. 5 min.

Pulse: Players will play on and around a slow, steady pulse, increasing in tempo during the movement, until it ends in high-speed frenzy. Give the audience a heart attack. 5 min.

PLAYER GUIDELINES

If you build your own instrument (of mineral, vegetable, circuitry, or code), then you've already passed the audition. No music experience required.

Sunday, June 23rd, 2013, 8 pm

Raw Hi-Def Video. Unedited, but organized by activity (circuit making with Johny Radio, circuit bending with Martin, skatchbox building with Tom Nunn, Ari's coding session, and Moldover's midi session). The files can be downloaded and used by anyone for anything. You'll get faster download speed inside Noisebridge.